J. Lo has certainly been through a lot this past year with her divorce from Marc Anthony and her much buzzed-about 24-year-old boyfriend, Casper Smart. The actress/singer/ jack of all trades proves she is always a fighter, telling InStyle, “You realize that those difficult moments, the times when you feel pain, are when you do a lot of your growing. You realize: There’s no reason to be terrified of things. Either way I’m going to be OK.”

“The hard part is that you never stop believing in love. But that’s also the best part. You never stop believing, and you never, ever give up.”

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Reflecting on her adorable 4-year-old twins, Max and Emme, Lopez says, “I feel the pressures of wanting to be a great parent and of wanting to do right by my children. Being a mom, or a dad, is the most important job there is. It doesn’t matter who you are. You have to embrace it for everything that it is.”